Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

I had never seen war, or even talked of it at length with someone who had, but I was young and knew something of violence…

The Citadel of the Autarch by Gene Wolfe

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This is the final book of the main series of the Book of the New Sun, as told in this volume and three others. Like the previous ones, this one is presented as a kind of found-text in a foreign language and translated by Gene Wolfe. That framing device works as far as you’re not too interested in how a book that supposedly takes place 1,000,000 years into the Earth’s future is found and translated by a contemporary writer. Maybe like a timeloop or something. […]

Swashbuckling fantasy

Lily the Thief by Janne Kukkonen

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I once was talking to a coworker about a book I read and liked but the way I described it was that I had never loved and hated a book so much in my life. It was amazing, but I was mentally-physically ill while reading as the emotions were so great. It was not an easy read, to say the least. And while I cannot say I loved and hated Lily the Thief that extremely, it did create an experience that I felt strongly. I […]

From two masters of the graphic novel

The Eternal Smile: Three Stories by Gene Luen Yang

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My weekend reading included three graphic novels, and while two were “intense” they were not deeply intense like The Eternal Smile: Three Stories was. This book takes three similar themed, but very different stories and punches you in the face. At first you are seeing the reality of the story. Things seem straight forward at first: A young man battles the “big bads” of the world, wins maiden fair and should live happily ever after. A greedy, cigar chomping frog tries to find that one […]

You’ll probably not be surprised but I liked this book a lot

Teen Titans: Raven by Kami Garcia

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As you can imagine, I like ravens. I also like the idea of the character Raven from the Teen Titans. I do not consider myself an expert on the either subject. I just enjoy them. I like the element of mystery, cleverness and magic around them. And the character herself seems to have an interesting and unique path. With the graphic novel (ages at least 12 and up) Teen Titans: Raven Kami Garcia took a character comic and graphic novel lovers around the community know […]

Snow Days

Snowy Farm by Calvin Shaw

One Snowy Morning by Kevin Tseng

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It is January in New England and we finally have gotten some serious snow that was snow and not just “crappy stuff” that actually stayed for a little while. If we could get rid of the extreme nasty cold temperatures it would be perfect. Yet, this not so nice weather has allowed me to stay inside and read. And as I was not in the mood for a “deep dark serious reading” for most of the weekend (though I did do at least one of […]

Fuck Beginnings, or How I Learned to Stop Kvetching and Love The Name of the Wind

The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss

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I read this book because people who love the same kinds of books that I do dearly love this book. At the risk of offending the true blue fans, I did not exactly love this book in the beginning. I think it’s worthwhile to talk about it for others who might be put off by the same things I was. Spoiler alert: I ended up loving it. Also, this review really is mildly spoilerish, so make your own choices as to whether to read it. […]



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